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Elmer Smith
Elmer Ellsworth Smith
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: March 23, 1868 in Pittsburgh, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1886
Final Game: June 15, 1901
Died: November 3, 1945 in Pittsburgh, PA
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1886 18 CIN AA 9 37 28 6 8 1 1 0 2 0 9 .286 .459 .393 .852 165 11 0 /1O
1887 19 CIN AA 52 198 186 26 47 10 6 0 23 5 11 .253 .298 .371 .669 83 69 1 1/O
1888 20 CIN AA 40 149 129 15 29 4 1 0 9 2 20 .225 .329 .271 .600 89 35 0 1/O
1889 21 CIN AA 29 92 83 12 23 3 1 2 17 1 7 18 .277 .348 .410 .757 111 34 2 1
1892 24 PIT NL 138 594 511 86 140 16 14 4 63 22 82 43 .274 .375 .384 .759 129 196 1 *O1
1893 25 PIT NL 128 600 518 121 179 26 23 7 103 26 77 23 .346 .435 .525 .960 157 272 5 *O
1894 26 PIT NL 125 559 489 128 174 33 19 6 72 33 65 12 .356 .436 .538 .974 135 263 5 *O/1
1895 27 PIT NL 124 544 480 88 145 14 12 1 81 34 55 25 .302 .381 .388 .768 102 186 6 3 *O
1896 28 PIT NL 122 572 484 121 175 21 14 6 94 33 74 18 .362 .454 .500 .954 155 242 8 6 *O
1897 29 PIT NL 123 550 467 99 145 19 17 6 54 25 70 .310 .408 .463 .871 133 216 7 6 *O
1898 30 CIN NL 123 563 486 79 166 21 10 1 66 20 69 .342 .425 .432 .858 139 210 2 6 *O/1
1899 31 CIN NL 87 394 339 65 101 13 6 1 24 10 47 .298 .385 .381 .766 108 129 1 7 O
1900 32 TOT NL 114 478 423 61 112 13 11 3 52 19 42 .265 .337 .369 .706 98 156 4 9 *O
1900 32 CIN NL 29 131 111 14 31 4 4 1 18 5 18 .279 .389 .414 .804 123 46 2 0 O
1900 32 NYG NL 85 347 312 47 81 9 7 2 34 14 24 .260 .317 .353 .669 88 110 2 9 O
1901 33 TOT NL 20 70 61 5 10 2 1 0 3 2 8 .164 .261 .230 .490 38 14 0 1 O
1901 33 PIT NL 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 -0 0 0 0 /O
1901 33 BSN NL 16 64 57 5 10 2 1 0 3 2 6 .175 .254 .246 .500 40 14 0 1 O
14 Seasons 1234 5400 4684 912 1454 196 136 37 663 232 636 139 .310 .398 .434 .832 126 2033 42 38
162 Game Avg. 162 709 615 120 191 26 18 5 87 30 83 .310 .398 .434 .832 126 267 6
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PIT (7 yrs) 764 3425 2953 643 958 129 99 30 467 173 425 121 .324 .415 .466 .881 135 1375 32 15
CIN (7 yrs) 369 1564 1362 217 405 56 29 5 159 43 181 18 .297 .383 .392 .775 117 534 8 13
NYG (1 yr) 85 347 312 47 81 9 7 2 34 14 24 .260 .317 .353 .669 88 110 2 9
BSN (1 yr) 16 64 57 5 10 2 1 0 3 2 6 .175 .254 .246 .500 40 14 0 1
NL (10 yrs) 1104 4924 4258 853 1347 178 127 35 612 224 589 121 .316 .404 .442 .847 129 1884 39 38
AA (4 yrs) 130 476 426 59 107 18 9 2 51 8 47 18 .251 .330 .350 .680 96 149 3

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1886 18 CIN AA 4 4 .500 3.72 9 9 0 8 0 0 72.2 57 62 30 1 44 40 3 0 0 362 95 1.390 7.1 0.1 5.4 5.0 0.91
1887 19 CIN AA 34 17 .667 2.94 52 52 0 49 3 0 447.1 400 224 146 5 126 176 9 0 0 1872 148 1.176 8.0 0.1 2.5 3.5 1.40
1888 20 CIN AA 22 17 .564 2.74 40 40 0 37 5 0 348.1 309 167 106 1 89 154 0 0 0 1431 116 1.143 8.0 0.0 2.3 4.0 1.73
1889 21 CIN AA 9 12 .429 4.88 29 22 7 16 0 0 203.0 253 171 110 11 101 104 0 0 11 932 81 1.744 11.2 0.5 4.5 4.6 1.03
1892 24 PIT NL 6 7 .462 3.63 17 13 4 12 1 0 134.0 140 94 54 2 58 51 0 0 3 0 91 1.478 9.4 0.1 3.9 3.4 0.88
1894 26 PIT NL 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 116 1.750 13.5 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
1898 30 CIN NL 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 5.000 18.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
7 Seasons 75 57 .568 3.35 149 136 11 122 9 0 1210.1 1167 722 450 20 422 525 12 0 15 4597 113 1.313 8.7 0.1 3.1 3.9 1.24
162 Game Avg. 18 14 .568 3.35 36 32 3 29 2 0 289 278 172 107 5 101 125 3 0 4 1097 113 1.313 8.7 0.1 3.1 3.9 1.24
CIN (5 yrs) 69 50 .580 3.31 131 123 7 110 8 0 1072.1 1021 626 394 18 363 474 12 0 11 4597 116 1.291 8.6 0.2 3.0 4.0 1.31
PIT (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 3.65 18 13 4 12 1 0 138.0 146 96 56 2 59 51 0 0 4 0 91 1.486 9.5 0.1 3.8 3.3 0.86
AA (4 yrs) 69 50 .580 3.29 130 123 7 110 8 0 1071.1 1019 624 392 18 360 474 12 0 11 4597 116 1.287 8.6 0.2 3.0 4.0 1.32
NL (3 yrs) 6 7 .462 3.76 19 13 4 12 1 0 139.0 148 98 58 2 62 51 0 0 4 0 89 1.511 9.6 0.1 4.0 3.3 0.82

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1886 CIN AA 18 P 9 5 0 3 2 0 .600 0.33 .920 1.87
1886 CIN AA 18 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 1.80 1-0-0
1887 CIN AA 19 P 52 87 7 67 13 2 .851 1.42 .887 2.09
1887 CIN AA 19 OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.00 0-2-0
1888 CIN AA 20 P 40 74 4 58 12 0 .838 1.55 .897 2.32
1888 CIN AA 20 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0-2-0
1889 CIN AA 21 P 29 28 2 21 5 0 .821 0.79 .914 1.84
1892 PIT NL 24 OF 124 269 223 15 31 0 .885 1.92 .914 1.86 115-2-7
1892 PIT NL 24 P 17 38 9 23 6 0 .842 1.88 .908 2.17
1893 PIT NL 25 OF 128 316 271 20 25 7 .921 2.27 .915 2.14 128-0-0
1894 PIT NL 26 OF 125 314 275 18 21 8 .933 2.34 .913 2.24 120-5-0
1894 PIT NL 26 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70
1895 PIT NL 27 OF 123 297 250 16 31 2 .896 2.16 .919 2.14 123-0-0
1896 PIT NL 28 OF 122 334 302 14 18 6 .946 2.59 .932 2.12 122-0-0
1897 PIT NL 29 OF 123 292 245 19 28 1 .904 2.15 .937 2.06 123-0-0
1898 CIN NL 30 OF 123 311 280 15 16 5 .949 2.40 .936 2.03 123-0-0
1898 CIN NL 30 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1899 CIN NL 31 OF 87 206 178 12 16 3 .922 2.18 .945 2.11 37-28-22
1900 TOT NL 32 OF 110 177 154 13 10 3 .944 1.52 .940 2.13 27-0-83
1900 CIN NL 32 OF 27 71 63 3 5 1 .930 2.44 .941 2.13 27-0-0
1900 NYG NL 32 OF 83 106 91 10 5 2 .953 1.22 .940 2.13 0-0-83
1901 TOT NL 33 OF 16 26 21 1 4 0 .846 1.38 .950 2.02 5-0-11
1901 PIT NL 33 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 2.00 1-0-0
1901 BSN NL 33 OF 15 24 19 1 4 0 .833 1.33 .950 2.03 4-0-11
13 Seasons OF 1086 2545 2202 143 200 35 .921 2.16 .927 2.09 924-39-123
7 Seasons P 149 232 22 172 38 2 .836 1.30 .898 2.10
14 Seasons TOT 1235 2777 2224 315 238 37 .914 2.06 .839 2.09 924-39-123
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1893 NL--.346--8th
1896 NL--.362--8th
1898 NL--.342--4th
Career--.310--106th

On-Base% s c a p y
1893 NL--.435--5th
1896 NL--.454--8th
1898 NL--.425--6th
Career--.398--66th

Slugging % s c a p y
1893 NL--.525--4th
1896 NL--.500--8th
1898 NL--.432--10th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1893 NL--.960--4th
1896 NL--.954--9th
1898 NL--.858--6th
Career--.832--225th

Hits s c a p y
1893 NL--179--8th

Total Bases s c a p y
1893 NL--272--4th

Triples s c a p y
1892 NL--14--10th
1893 NL--23--4th
1894 NL--19--10th
1897 NL--17--5th
Career--136--71st

Home Runs s c a p y
1897 NL--6--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1896 NL--74--7th
1897 NL--70--8th
1898 NL--69--8th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1893 NL--157--3rd
1896 NL--155--7th
1897 NL--133--10th
1898 NL--139--10th
Career--126--217th

Runs Created s c a p y
1893 NL--117--4th
1896 NL--108--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1893 NL--43--2nd
1894 NL--29--10th
1896 NL--43--7th
1898 NL--28--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1893 NL--4.0--2nd
1894 NL--2.5--10th
1896 NL--4.0--7th
1898 NL--2.9--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1893 NL--56--5th

Times On Base s c a p y
1893 NL--261--6th
1896 NL--257--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1893 NL--.757--4th
1896 NL--.754--6th
1898 NL--.746--3rd
Career--.652--191st

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1897 NL--9.7--6th

AB per HR s c a p y
1897 NL--77.833--9th

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1887 AA--2.937--1st

Wins s c a p y
1887 AA--34--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1887 AA--.667--5th
Career--.568--228th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1887 AA--1.176--2nd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1887 AA--8.048--1st

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1887 AA--2.535--7th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1887 AA--3.541--6th
1888 AA--3.979--10th
1889 AA--4.611--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1887 AA--52--6th
1888 AA--40--10th

Saves s c a p y
1886 AA--0--6th
1887 AA--0--8th
1888 AA--0--4th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1887 AA--447.3--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1887 AA--176--5th

Games Started s c a p y
1887 AA--52--5th
1888 AA--40--10th

Complete Games s c a p y
1887 AA--49--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
1887 AA--3--3rd
1888 AA--5--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1889 AA--11--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1887 AA--126--9th
1888 AA--89--10th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1887 AA--1.397--2nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1887 AA--.101--4th
1888 AA--.026--1st
Career--.149--97th

Losses s c a p y
1887 AA--17--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1887 AA--0--5th
1888 AA--0--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1888 AA--0--6th
1889 AA--0--3rd
1892 NL--0--6th
1894 NL--0--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1887 AA--1872--7th
1888 AA--1431--10th
1892 NL--0--6th
1894 NL--0--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1889 AA--7--2nd

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1887 AA--148--1st
Career--113--249th

Youngest s c a p y
1886 AA--born 1868-03-23--9th
1887 AA--born 1868-03-23--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 6 (370), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkBatting - 38 (638), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 39 (644), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 40 (454), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Pitching - 25 (499), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 31 (244), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 14 (537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

November 10, 1897: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Pink Hawley and $1,500 to the Cincinnati Reds for Bill Gray, Jack McCarthy, Billy Rhines, Pop Schriver and Ace Stewart.

August 8, 1900: Loaned to the New York Giants by the Cincinnati Reds.

Before 1901 Season: Returned to the Cincinnati Reds by the New York Giants as part of earlier loan.

March, 1901: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

March, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

May 14, 1901: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

May 20, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Beaneaters.

June 17, 1901: Released by the Boston Beaneaters.

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